50% of UK migrants return, where is this stat from?
Apr 5th 2004, 8:01 pm
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50% of UK migrants return, where is this stat from?
I read on a post that 50% of UK migrants return, quite a shocking statistic! Does anyone know the source of this statistic?
Apr 5th 2004, 8:03 pm
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Re: 50% of UK migrants return, where is this stat from?
Originally posted by Jamesy
I read on a post that 50% of UK migrants return, quite a shocking statistic! Does anyone know the source of this statistic?
I read on a post that 50% of UK migrants return, quite a shocking statistic! Does anyone know the source of this statistic?
Apr 5th 2004, 8:18 pm
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Hard to believe its that high but each to their own I guess.
Apr 5th 2004, 9:52 pm
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Re: 50% of UK migrants return, where is this stat from?
Originally posted by Jamesy
I read on a post that 50% of UK migrants return, quite a shocking statistic! Does anyone know the source of this statistic?
I read on a post that 50% of UK migrants return, quite a shocking statistic! Does anyone know the source of this statistic?
Apr 5th 2004, 9:54 pm
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Re: 50% of UK migrants return, where is this stat from?
Originally posted by sjn2003
Yeah but surely the important statistic (if any of them are) is the proportion of these that returned because it didn't work out rather than those who returned because they wanted to after having a great time in Oz.
Yeah but surely the important statistic (if any of them are) is the proportion of these that returned because it didn't work out rather than those who returned because they wanted to after having a great time in Oz.
Apr 5th 2004, 9:56 pm
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Originally posted by Megalania
99.9% of British tourists leave Aus.
99.9% of British tourists leave Aus.
Your point, if you have one......?
Apr 5th 2004, 10:04 pm
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you can find all the immigration stats on the dimia website!!!
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Apr 5th 2004, 10:06 pm
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Originally posted by Megalania
99.9% of British tourists leave Aus.
99.9% of British tourists leave Aus.
.....wasn't wasted So wot about remaining 0.1%?
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Apr 5th 2004, 10:09 pm
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Originally posted by Phoenixuk2oz
PMSL......wasn't wasted
PS. Wot about remaining 0.1%?
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PMSL......wasn't wasted PS. Wot about remaining 0.1%?
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Apr 5th 2004, 10:10 pm
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Originally posted by chippy
Your point, if you have one......?
Your point, if you have one......?
Apr 5th 2004, 10:13 pm
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I'm not sure where BP gets the 50% figure from (although I've used it! 
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However, I think it's high, ~40% may be closer.
I base the 40% on:
i) the ~4,000 UK permanent departures
ii) the average ~10,000 UK permanent arrivals
iii) an assumption that over time i) doesn't change much. If anything, the number of permanent departures of ALL immigrants - as a %age of number of permanent arrivals - is increasing. In 1993-94 it was 39.1%, in 2002-03 it was 53.7%. This probably reflects the increasing global mobility of the immigrant workforce.
Here is the main link I used.
Interestingly, the largest chunk of Britons that left Oz permanently in 2002-03 had lived in Oz for 5+ years.
). However, I think it's high, ~40% may be closer.
I base the 40% on:
i) the ~4,000 UK permanent departures
ii) the average ~10,000 UK permanent arrivals
iii) an assumption that over time i) doesn't change much. If anything, the number of permanent departures of ALL immigrants - as a %age of number of permanent arrivals - is increasing. In 1993-94 it was 39.1%, in 2002-03 it was 53.7%. This probably reflects the increasing global mobility of the immigrant workforce.
Here is the main link I used.
Interestingly, the largest chunk of Britons that left Oz permanently in 2002-03 had lived in Oz for 5+ years.
Apr 5th 2004, 10:17 pm
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It is a good point. I got it from here a long time ago. I think the figure quoted was about 51% so in the scientific expats tradition I will have to back it up.
Apr 5th 2004, 10:22 pm
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1990 to 2000 there were 39957 permanent departures and 112468 permanent arrivals from the UK. That makes a 35% departure rate.
Something to note is official statisticians have critisised the methodology for double counting certain types of permanent arrivals and undercounting permanent departures.
Something to note is official statisticians have critisised the methodology for double counting certain types of permanent arrivals and undercounting permanent departures.
Apr 6th 2004, 4:45 am
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How/ where would UK citizens, gaining Aus PR, then getting Aus citizenship but subsequently leaving Aus, be counted in the stats?